Arts on Fire

Fredonia photographer Patrick Stokes stopped by the WRFA studios to talk local photography, his volunteer efforts in Ukraine and this years Chautauqua County Art Trail with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.instagram.com/stokesphotographyand https://www.hopefull.org.uk/ https://siobhanstrust.uk/ https://nsaachautauqua.org/

Local musician Marc Smith spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about the upcoming benefit and fundraiser for Shriners Hospitals at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds May 24th & 25th https://www.facebook.com/events/1897852327400288

Kaycee Colburn made her AOF return to talk with host Anthony Merchant all about KayCo Gallery, concluding her CRNY residency at Jamestown Community College, local interest in the paranormal, getting into new forms of art, whats planned for the rest of 2024 and much more

Frank Besse of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery returned to the WRFA studios to discuss Jamestown ArtScape 2024 with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape/ https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Performance collective Madness Most Discreet joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their upcoming performances of "What You Will" for Jamestown's Third Thursday series as well as perform select scenes from the play in-studio https://www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco https://www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet https://www.facebook.com/people/Third-Thursday-Jamestown

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk Spring/Summer 2024 at the Reg https://reglenna.com/

Maria Ferguson and David Niles of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute joined AOF host Anthony Merchant in the studios to discuss new exhibits and events going on at RTPI https://rtpi.org/

The cast of the Little Theatre production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee stopped by the station to speak with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about the play https://www.lbltj.com/

Neil Flory of Jamestown Community College joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss end of semester performances at JCC https://www.sunyjcc.edu/

3rd Street Garage host Robb Jones joined Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant to discuss 500 episode and 19 years of the program on the WRFA airwaves! https://www.facebook.com/3rdStreetGarageRockRadio

The cast of the SUNY JCC Uncommoners production of Hamlet (Directed by Emily Drew) came to the WRFA studios to perform a full radio drama of the Shakespeare classic https://www.sunyjcc.edu/

Reverend Luke Fodor and Reverend Jessica Frederick of St. Lukes Church spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about their upcoming performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie at the Robert H Jackson Center https://stlukesjamestown.org/

Director Jennifer Davis along with actresses Emily Jeziorski and Holland Isaacson joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming Little Theatre production of Emma https://www.lbltj.com/

Artists Angela Caley and Bill Thomas joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their joint exhibit Revival at the Octagon Gallery at the Patterson Library in Westfield, NY https://www.instagram.com/angelacaleyart/ https://www.plantlifeclothing.com/ https://protomillennial.com/ https://www.pattersonlib.org/event/angela-caley-and-bill-thomas-revival/

Hamlet director Emily Drew along with Hamlet actors Ethan Tyger, Cal Boozel and Morgan Tobio joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the upcoming performances as well as reading lines from the play https://www.sunyjcc.edu/event/hamlet-1

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss events at the Reg for March and April 2024 https://reglenna.com

Artist Miles Hilton joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their current exhibit Wood Wide Web, working with artist Wendy Bale, fiber arts, creative writing and so much more https://www.theferalneedle.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/

Author Tj Buck joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss his latest book Bad Water and much, much more

Buffalo based multi-instrumentalist Sally Schaefer spoke with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about her musical upbringing, the Buffalo music scene, performing in Chautauqua County, keeping your signature sound no matter what genre you're playing (or who you're playing with) and much more https://sallyanndra.com/ facebook.com/sallyanndramusic instagram.com/sallyanndra

Visual Artist Wendy Bale joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss her new exhibit with Miles Hilton called Wood Wide Web, working with mushrooms, her involvement with Pearl City Clay House and much more https://www.wendybaleart1st.com/ https://linktr.ee/uubale https://pearlcityclayhouse.org/

Cast and crew of the Little Theatre production of The Outsiders joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the show and so much more https://www.lbltj.com/

Len Barry makes his first Arts on Fire appearance of the year to talk all things Reg Lenna with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://reglenna.com/

Author, artist, speaker and herbalist Kaycee Colburn joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss her CRNY residency at Jamestown Community College, the balance of having multiple creative outlets, highlights of Kaycee's career in 2023, her recent Haunted Spaces exhibit and much more https://www.kayceecolburn.com/

Leslie Calimeri of the Chautauqua Art Gallery joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk all things going on at the gallery as well as the open submissions for the 2024 Jamestown ArtScape https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com https://www.jamestownrenaissance.org/artscape

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the last of this years programming and what to expect at the Reg in 2024 https://reglenna.com/